Opposition in the Rajya Sabha today sought to know why the Reserve Bank of India has not yet provided the number of demonetised 500 and 1000 rupee notes returned in the banking system, even after nine months of the note ban decision.

The government has no plans to introduce 1,000-rupee notes - abolished last year - but is focusing on ramping up production of 500-rupee and other lower denomination notes, Economic Affairs Secretary Shaktikanta Das tweeted today, scotching rumours that currency printing presses had started printing a new version of the Rs 1,000 note.

Withdrawal of money from bank accounts was curbed amid a massive cash crunch that followed Prime Minister Narendra Modi's sudden announcement on November 8 last year scrapping 500 and 1000 rupee notes.

India's economy is expected to grow by between 6.75 and 7.5 percent in the coming fiscal year, roughly in line with this year's expected 7.1 percent, says the Economic Survey, a report card prepared by the government before Finance Minister Arun Jaitley presents the Union Budget tomorrow. The survey said the economy should steady after the hit from...

Reserve Bank of India Governor Urjit Patel is expected to appear before a parliamentary panel today, which has asked him to explain the decision of demonetisation and its effect on economy. He is also expected to be asked about the steps the nation's Central bank took to counter the cash crunch that followed the sudden withdrawal of 500- and 1000-...

Ahead of the budget session of parliament, Union finance minister Arun Jaitley has attacked Rahul Gandhi, saying he is interested only in disrupting parliament. In a Facebook post today on the ban on 500 and 1000 rupee notes announced on November 8, Mr Jaitley also used Mr Gandhi's example to draw a parallel with Prime Minister Narendra Modi and wh...

Indians have deposited nearly all the currency bills outlawed at the end of the deadline last year, according to people with knowledge of the matter, dealing a blow to Prime Minister Narendra Modi's drive to unearth unaccounted wealth and fight corruption.

Opposition in the Rajya Sabha today sought to know why the Reserve Bank of India has not yet provided the number of demonetised 500 and 1000 rupee notes returned in the banking system, even after nine months of the note ban decision.

The government has no plans to introduce 1,000-rupee notes - abolished last year - but is focusing on ramping up production of 500-rupee and other lower denomination notes, Economic Affairs Secretary Shaktikanta Das tweeted today, scotching rumours that currency printing presses had started printing a new version of the Rs 1,000 note.

Withdrawal of money from bank accounts was curbed amid a massive cash crunch that followed Prime Minister Narendra Modi's sudden announcement on November 8 last year scrapping 500 and 1000 rupee notes.

India's economy is expected to grow by between 6.75 and 7.5 percent in the coming fiscal year, roughly in line with this year's expected 7.1 percent, says the Economic Survey, a report card prepared by the government before Finance Minister Arun Jaitley presents the Union Budget tomorrow. The survey said the economy should steady after the hit from...

Reserve Bank of India Governor Urjit Patel is expected to appear before a parliamentary panel today, which has asked him to explain the decision of demonetisation and its effect on economy. He is also expected to be asked about the steps the nation's Central bank took to counter the cash crunch that followed the sudden withdrawal of 500- and 1000-...

Ahead of the budget session of parliament, Union finance minister Arun Jaitley has attacked Rahul Gandhi, saying he is interested only in disrupting parliament. In a Facebook post today on the ban on 500 and 1000 rupee notes announced on November 8, Mr Jaitley also used Mr Gandhi's example to draw a parallel with Prime Minister Narendra Modi and wh...

Indians have deposited nearly all the currency bills outlawed at the end of the deadline last year, according to people with knowledge of the matter, dealing a blow to Prime Minister Narendra Modi's drive to unearth unaccounted wealth and fight corruption.